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#! rnews 2171 bsd Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!iafrica.com!pipex-sa.net!hole.news.pipex.net!pipex!multicast.news.pipex.net!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!EU.net!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!uknet!xara.net!emerald.xara.net!Aladdin!proweb!usenet From: "Richard Drage" <richard@proweb.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Recommended SCSI hard drive for BSD system Date: 1 Oct 1996 18:05:50 GMT Organization: Proweb (UK) Ltd Lines: 35 Message-ID: <01bbafc3$345e4f20$288eb0c2@Richard.Proweb> References: <324703FC.41C6@austin.ibm.com> <324706D7.EA8@airmail.net> <52kr8t$g1i@casper.southcom.com.au> <DyJr52.211@interactive.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: red.proweb.co.uk X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 Chris Mauritz <ritz@onyx.interactive.net> wrote in article <DyJr52.211@interactive.net>... > Dave <dave@southcom.com.au> wrote: > > :)We are an ISP running IBM 4.3 and 2.1 gig drives, We have not had a > :)failure with them in 8months operation, However the seagate and maxtor > :)drives we had were only shortly in our machines. > :)The Maxtor was 2days the seagate 2 weeks. > :)We run CPU fans and Heatsinks on the 4.3 gig IBM so they run a little > :)cooler . > > It has been my unfortunate experience that Barracuda drives are > very sensitive to heat and voltage (low line voltage). If you > manage to find external enclosures with good cooling charactaristics > and clean power supplies 'cudas seem to work just great. As for > Maxtor drives, I've always had problems with them...both in IDE > and SCSI dress. We're a UK isp running bsdi 2.1 & have been using 5 x 2.1gig Maxtor IDE's, 2 x 2.1gig HP scsi's & a 9gig Micropolis scsi & all have been running fine for 7 months. We did however, add extra air conditioning in the form of twin fan isa cards, an 80mm fan in the front of the case and a 120mm fan above the psu which seems to keep the internals nice and cool and all machines are running from APC 1000va ups's :-) Regards Richard